#calarts style

[spongebob-connoisseur]

Aww hell naw they done Steven Universe'd Spunchbop😭😭😭

[numbuh-1507]

Here in the internet, we have one unspoken rule:

If your show is popular on tumblr, you have done something wrong. (Does that mean that Sam and Max or Lackadaisy also did something wrong?)

Well, I found another article bashing this style: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-CalArts-style-and-is-it-a-bad-style-of-animation

Let the discussion and tumblr toxicity begin.

EDIT: Sometimes I wonder why I bothered with this meme. I really have problems.

[lumber]

Dearest internet traveler, it is now Thursday as you read this. Yet another kindly gift comic has been created thusly justly for you. Unfinished ComicXs #6 with Caffy and Zenny. I made it to San Diego for SDCC 2024! This was drawn on location, and also in bed, with real hotel stationary and poor lighting. Thank you for reading. Please like and share with your loved ones and pets. Swipe thru to view all "Panels".

[duchesscelestia]

this week's video discussing why some art styles get so much more hate than others is now live!

[despresfilmofficial]

The 21st century is the true dark age of animation.

Anyone who disagrees can go smell a rat.

Oh and by the way, this has nothing to do with my political beliefs. I just really can’t stand all the unfunny, badly made shit being shown to our children (and also to adults).

[alphawerehimbo]

Character Sketchpage

warm up sketchpage for character design

[valarinventures]

POV: GWEN HAS FOUND YOUR FANFICS

[ponds-of-ink]

Consider this my first draft of a CalArts-friendly design. Y’know, just in case I get a gig where I need to use that style.

…Do you think Cal-Arts would accept a perky “goth”-type of character?

[booksnbolts]

Sorry to all the bean mouth haters, but

Is not nearly as happy as

[encountersltd]

jan 2022

one minute melee

[puspincarolartarchives]

Oh, I am Very Eagered to Register Sheezy.Art and When the ArtFight Account is Deleted and make a New One. I draw some Carol the Cat beaten up in Calarts Style regarded about Internet Abuse.

Carol the Cat in Calarts Style Beaten Up with Band Aid reads a Letter about Regarding the Internet Abuse. "Hello There My Dearie Carol the Cat, I just wanted to Regard all About the Internet Abuse. Abusing the Internet can cause a lot of Big Big Big Mean Trouble in Online. I promise I will regard the Internet Abuse. Regards, Internet Moderators"

It's my Regards all About the Internet Abuse.

Itaku will be Orphaned and going to Sheezy.Art Instead.

[dramartist]

The Art of Murder

I HAD to draw them all in their referenced styles. The pilot was so great, I NEED more of it. This show hits my artist/theater heart perfectly ❤️

Albie personally is my fav just because I used to heavily reference the Disney princess body type while learning anatomy (oh god their waists. those were the dark days before I learned proper anatomy).

[numbuh-1507]

Here we go again...

Courtesy of Danny Antonucci Admirer (eatmyspum) on Twitter. He's basically like Spumdonor, but since Antonucci isn't a predator like Kricfalusi (as far as I know), he hasn't been discredited for his opinions on modern western animation.

But seriously, what happened to the sardonic and unsmiling girls from yesteryear? Mandy, Gaz Membrane, Lucy Van Pelt, Helga Pataki (to an extent) and whatnot? This "happy-go-lucky female protagonist" is already getting tiring, but I guess not for you tumblr people.

[lumber]

It's Friday, and I am proud. ❤️ Have a good weekend, everyone. #CalartsStyle #CalartsMafia #CalartsPride #Calarts #Calartian #CalartsCharacterAnimation #CaliforniaInstituteOfTheArts #BFA #BachelorOfFineArts

[bauhausdog]

calart ass smile

new pfp hi

[sjbattleangel]

Public Service Announcement: There Is No "CalArts Style".

Can't believe I still have to say this!

Despite everything you might have heard, there is no "CalArts Style." It doesn't exist. CalArts isn't an art-style or animation studio, it's actually a university for art and animation founded by the Disney brothers. (Yes, THOSE Disney brothers)

I know there's this image going around of these cartoon characters sharing the same head, eyes and smile...

but that's deliberate, misleading exaggeration. In reality..

They're actually very different from one another. Sure, they share a few faint similarities but overall each character and their respective series have their own style and identity.

Animation with those similarities? (Round eyes, mouthes and bendy limbs) There're actual names for that style of animation: Rubber-Hose, Bean-Mouth, Noodle-Arm, Fleischerian. take your pick.

But to call all animation with those little similarities "CalArts"? It's stupid, lazy and dishonest. CalArts didn't create or popularize the Bean-Mouth. Like all art-styles, it became trendy following the major success of shows like Adventure Time, Steven Universe, ect. And most importantly, there is no uniform style at CalArts. In fact, here, let me show you the work of noticeable CalArts Alumni:

Just look at the diverse art-styles and animation, all from former CalArts students!

On a side-note:

Rebbeca Sugar (Steven Universe) never went to CalArts.

Ben Bocquelet (Gumball) never went to CalArts.

Nate Stevenson (She-Ra) never went to CalArts either! (Something I find hilarious since She-Ra doesn't look anything like the aforementioned Bean-Mouth cartoons but rather a bold, modernized version of Sailor Moon)

Another reason why people must stop using the term "CalArts"/"CalArts Style"? It was coined by none other than disgusting predator John K. Yes, John K, the co-creator of Ren & Stimpy who used his influence to prey on teenage girls. (TW: sexual exploitation, grooming, gaslighting.) He coined the term "CalArts"/"CalArts Style" to bash works like The Iron Giant, Animaniacs, Gargoyles, Les Triplettes De Belleville (which is also ridiculous since Sylvain Chomet didn't go to CalArts) along with the works of Disney, Warner Bros., Dreamworks, Richard Williams and Don Bluth. In simple terms, he was a toxic piece of work who loved tearing anything that didn't meet his standards of zany, off-model grotesqueness.

Here, a friend of mine on social media explains better than I can:

Thanks for listening. Hope I helped.